Electric-railroad track.



No. 653,970. Patented July l7, I900.

E. SOLLMANN. ELECTRIC RAILROAD TRACK.

(Application filed Apzz 24, 1900 ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

EKKO SOLLMANN, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE GEO. BORGFELDT &COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ELECTRIC-RAILROAD TRACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,970, dated July 17,1900.

Application'filed April 24, 1900. Serial No. 14,106. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EKKO SOLLMANN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hoboken, Hudson county, State of New Jersey, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Electric-Railroad Tracks, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to electric-railroad tracks, and has for its objectto produce an electric-railroad track especially adapted for use inconnection with toy electric railroads, although it is obvious that theinvention is capable of other uses.

I will describe herein a track embodying one form of my invention andwill point out the characteristic features of my invention in the claimsat the end of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of a rail-joint.Fig. 2 is a transverse section on lines 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3is asectional plan view. Fig. 4 is a detail side view of the cooperatingparts of the rail-joint. Fig. 5 is a plan view of several sections oftrack secured together, and Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views of thecross-ties.

In the drawings, a represents a rail, the said rail being hollow andbent up of sheet metal. In the present instance I have shown the rail asconsisting of a hollow tread 1, a doubled web 2, and a double base 3,the entire rail being hollow. These rails are suitably mounted oncross-ties b and are provided with inwardly-projecting lugs or teats c,which are adapted to be engaged bya comtherein and make firm contactwith the teats :5

or lugs c. It is obvious that good electrical and mechanical connectionmay thereby be effected.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

1. As a new and useful article of manufac ture a. railroad-trackconsisting of rails bent up of sheet metal,having hollow treads and i11-wardly-projecting teats or lugs, and a double 56 pointed pin adapted toenter the said treads to form good electrical and mechanical connections.

2. As a new and useful article of manufacture a railroad-rail bent up ofsheet metal having a hollow tread and the inwardly-projecting teats orlugs c substantially as described.

3. A rail-joint comprised of abutting hol low sheet-metal railroad-railshaving in- 60 wardly projecting teats or lugs and the pin cl enteringthe hollow portions of the abutting rails and making contact with theteats.

EKKO SOLLMAN'N.

Witnesses:

RICHARD STAELIN, Or'ro v. SOHRENK.

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